In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DISARMED
Verb
disarmed
simple past tense and past participle of disarm
Anagrams
• misdread
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*armed", a.
1. Deprived of arms.
2. (Her.)
Definition: Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks. Cussans.
DISARM
Dis*arm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarming; p. pr. & vb. n. Disarming.] Etym: [OE. desarmen, F. désarmer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See Arm.]
1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride. Tennyson.
2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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